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The Cincinnati Bearcats (3-0) and Northern Kentucky Norse (0-3) tussle Tuesday in Highland Heights, Ky. The cross-river, Cincinnati-area battle at Truist Arena will tip off at 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+). Let’s analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s college basketball odds around the Cincinnati vs. Northern Kentucky odds, and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions.
Cincinnati, which is No. 16 in the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll, last played Friday, covering a 27.5-point spread in an 86-49 drubbing of the Nicholls State Colonels. The Bearcats shot 54.1% from the floor, closing out a 57.4% mark through their first 3 contests.
Northern Kentucky last played on Thursday, losing a home game to Nicholls State 61-59 as a 7-point favorite. The Norse shot just 36.5% from the floor and have filed a 34.8% accuracy mark over their first 3 games.
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Cincinnati at Northern Kentucky odds
Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list of college basketball odds. Lines last updated Monday at 7:21 p.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Cincinnati -1450 (bet $1,450 to win $100) | Northern Kentucky +810 (bet $100 to win $810)
- Against the spread (ATS): Cincinnati -14.5 (-102) | Northern Kentucky +14.5 (-120)
- Over/Under (O/U): 137.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Cincinnati at Northern Kentucky picks and predictions
Prediction
Cincinnati 76, Northern Kentucky 65
Moneyline
No interest. PASS.
Against the spread
UC and NKU met last Nov. 19 and the Bearcats outshot and outrebounded their neighbors to the south by a wide margin. Cincinnati covered a 12.5-point spread in a 90-66 rout.
Northern Kentucky is not a good rebounding team, and if a big shooting advantage holds, this number is solid. But peg bot sides being due a dose of regression, helping the Norse and hindering the Bearcats.
A veteran NKU core facing some youthful UC players getting their first taste of road play this fall makes for a bumpier ride for the Bearcats this time out.
The leverage here is rather slight, though. Consider a partial-unit play on NORTHERN KENTUCKY +14.5 (-120).
Over/Under
Last year’s meeting cruised past an O/U of 137.5, and the last 6 times UC has been a double-digit road favorite, the Over has gone 4-2.
A mid-tempo game flow without an abundance of free throws should be the expectation. But NKU will launch a lot of 3s; any regression bounce from a shaky 24.3% mark so far would make for some points in chunks. And a fair number of second-chance points would seem likely for the Bearcats.
TAKE THE OVER 137.5 (-110).
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